TWO men had to be cut free from their car following a three-vehicle collision in Birmingham.

The men, both believed to be in their early 20s, were travelling in a Renault Megane which collided with two other cars in Brookhill Road, Alum Rock, shortly before 10.15pm yesterday.

A spokesman for Ward End fire station said: “Two men were trapped in one of the cars so we used hydraulic cutting equipment to remove the roof of the vehicle before carrying them out on spinal boards in conjunction with the ambulance service.”

The two patients, who were suffering from neck and spinal injuries, were taken by ambulance to Heartlands Hospital.